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A Deal He Couldn’t Resist
Such a deal: extortion, exploitation or extermination….
Attribution: peace negotiation Trump with devil Putin / Ukraine by Schot, De Volkskrant, Netherlands
[Bas van der Schot, who goes by the pen name “Schot,” is a political cartoonist / illustrator for the Dutch daily newspaper De Volkskrant.]
Author: patd
“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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US and Ukraine sign deal giving US access to country’s valuable mineral wealth
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. and Ukraine on Wednesday signed an agreement granting American access to Ukraine’s vast mineral resources, finalizing a deal months in the making that could enable continued military aid to Kyiv amid concerns that President Donald Trump might scale back support in ongoing peace negotiations with Russia.
The two sides offered only barebone details about the structure of the deal, which they called the United States-Ukraine Reinvestment Fund. But it is expected to give the U.S. access to Ukraine’s valuable rare earth minerals while providing Kyiv a measure of assurance about continued American support in its grinding war with Russia.
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FYI on another deal made 30+ yrs ago which seems to have fallen apart particularly what we and putie promised. any chance Ukraine can get its nukes back? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum
According to the three memoranda,[8] Russia, the U.S., and the U.K. confirmed their recognition of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine becoming parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and effectively removing all Soviet nuclear weapons from their soil, and that they agreed to the following:
Respect the signatory’s independence and sovereignty in the existing borders (in accordance with the principles of the CSCE Final Act).[9]
Refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of the signatories to the memorandum, and undertake that none of their weapons will ever be used against these countries, except in cases of self-defense or otherwise in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.
Refrain from economic coercion designed to subordinate to their own interest the exercise by Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus, and Kazakhstan of the rights inherent in its sovereignty and thus to secure advantages of any kind.
Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory if they “should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used”.
Not to use nuclear weapons against any non–nuclear-weapon state party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, except in the case of an attack on themselves, their territories or dependent territories, their armed forces, or their allies, by such a state in association or alliance with a nuclear weapon state.[5]: 169–171 [10][11]
Consult with one another if questions arise regarding those commitments.[12][13]
here’s what VOA (remember them) had to say last Dec. about that deal
Ukrainian officials call the Budapest Memorandum ‘a monument to short-sightedness in strategic security decision-making’ and ask for a NATO membership
meantime in other news
Amid alarming signals that the economy is headed into recession, President Trump is trying to pass the buck to his predecessor and refusing to admit his mistake in deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.
Maybe Ukraine can be our 51st State.
Which he’s not getting enough of because she’s never there. Notice it’s all about her.
Leavitt — at 27, the youngest White House press secretary in history — said a strong family life at home has been key. “It can help bolster your career, push you in your career, to have that support system at home,” she said. And she said motherhood helps her maintain perspective amid the pressures of political life. “No matter how hard or long or challenging the days are, to go home to … a beautiful family really grounds you,” she said. Her young son, she added, “doesn’t give a crap that his mama is the White House press secretary. He just wants love.”
The show must go on…until nobody can afford to/isn’t afraid to travel. The lights might finally go out on Broadway, thanks to Dollar Store Dictator. You know how MYC always comes back? For the first time, I’m not sure that it will.
Love Governor Wes Moore!
“I will work with anyone, but I will bow to no one.”
Today marks 16 years on YouTube.
My first upload? Ducks in the pool. A man yelling “I WANT MY DUCK!”
Now I cook weird things and wear skillets on my head.
YouTube, I want a booth at your 20th party, with snacks and a lifeguard.
today’s meme…
The live versions are always so much more…..more Frank.
Damn, that live frank with Flo and Eddie makes me wish I was still in a band……first time for dat inna looong time…..Yay Frank
Notice how well young Frank handles Mr Wise-ass.
At 27, Barbie Goebbels has a lot to learn about being a mom.
What she’s basically saying is if you have enough people at your house to do the work of caring for your kid, you don’t have to feel guilty that you’re not with him. That’s not how parent-child bonding works.
Dr. Mary Trump has been trying to tell us that’s what went wrong with Dodo.
well, Steve milked him for 15mins back when 15mins was 15mins!
Stephen Miller claims Trump ‘has literally saved America’ as White House continues to deflect from bad economic news
The longtime White House staffer would not acknowledge any downsides to Trump’s flagrant use of tariffs
When a reporter pointed out that CEOs of both General Motors and Ford have raised concerns over the tariffs – namely around costs to both manufacturers and consumers – Miller clapped back that the journalist had “missed the entire point.”…
“U.S. automakers have announced dramatic investments and expansions inside the United States.”
Miller claimed that prices would remain low because of the “massive economic incentive” for automakers to re-shore production back to the U.S.
The Trump aide had yet another contentious exchange when asked whether the White House had plans to respond to a U.S. Chamber of Commerce letter asking for a small business exemption for the Trump import taxes.
Instead, he claimed that the only tax relief that is in the offing is what would come from passing the partisan GOP tax bill being considered in Congress, which would extend tax cuts enacted during the first Trump administration.
He suggested that the GOP bill would help small businesses avoid tariffs by providing tax deductions for investments in manufacturing.
“This is what you have to understand about the plan … as they’re able to reshore the supply chains, that also means they’ll pay no tariff, so you’ll have the lowest tax environment,” he said.
*FFS! Pee-Wee German is either just another delusional liar, or he’s a complete effing moron. Small businesses are going to invest in building manufacturing plants?
Also, you can’t just snap your fingers and have a factory built, equipped, supplied with raw materials (from where?), and fully-staffed with skilled labor. It does make me wonder if some of the new “detention centers” will actually be the US labor pool. He is as evil as Adolf.
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
Dr. David S. Glosser is a retired neuropsychologist: formerly a member of the Neurology faculties of Boston University School of Medicine and Jefferson Medical College.
Let me tell you a story about Stephen Miller and chain migration.
It begins at the turn of the 20th century, in a dirt-floor shack in the village of Antopol, a shtetl of subsistence farmers in what is now Belarus. Beset by violent anti-Jewish pogroms and forced childhood conscription in the Czar’s army, the patriarch of the shack, Wolf-Leib Glosser, fled a village where his forebears had lived for centuries and took his chances in America.
Izzy Glosser is his maternal grandfather, and Stephen’s mother, Miriam, is my sister.
I have watched with dismay and increasing horror as my nephew, an educated man who is well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country.
I shudder at the thought of what would have become of the Glossers had the same policies Stephen so coolly espouses— the travel ban, the radical decrease in refugees, the separation of children from their parents, and even talk of limiting citizenship for legal immigrants — been in effect when Wolf-Leib made his desperate bid for freedom. The Glossers came to the U.S. just a few years before the fear and prejudice of the “America first” nativists of the day closed U.S. borders to Jewish refugees. Had Wolf-Leib waited, his family likely would have been murdered by the Nazis along with all but seven of the 2,000 Jews who remained in Antopol. I would encourage Stephen to ask himself if the chanting, torch-bearing Nazis of Charlottesville, whose support his boss seems to court so cavalierly, do not envision a similar fate for him.
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said during a briefing Thursday morning that the Trump administration is working to keep “communist ideology” out of taxpayer-funded schools:
STEPHEN MILLER: This administration, President Trump, is at the forefront of protecting women and protecting girls.
Nowhere is that clearer than when we’re talking about fighting radical gender ideology.
This administration is also fighting to get critical race theory out of our school districts.
Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots. Children will be taught civic values, for schools that want federal taxpayer funding.
So as we close the Department of Education and provide funding to states, we’re going to make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology. For any nation to be successful, it cannot teach its children to hate themselves and to hate their country.
*This is some n@zi-ass sh/t.
Mike Walz was the Signal chat scapegoat. Everyone of them should be fired. Hegseth went a step further, having Signal installed on a desktop in his Pentagon office. It goes beyond the chat. It sounds like he’s still using unsecured communications.
Democrat Rips GOP’s ‘Partisan Ploy’ To Block Probe Of Pete Hegseth’s Signal Scandal
Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a sneaky move to stop Democrats from forcing an investigation into the defense secretary sharing war plans in a group chat.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) slipped language into an unrelated resolution that set up the rules for debating five bills on the House floor on Tuesday. Buried in these rules was this provision: “Provides that each day during the period from April 29, 2025, through September 30, 2025, shall not constitute a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of rule XIII (Resolutions of Inquiry).”
prevents House members from forcing a vote on any resolution of inquiry until October. When the House voted Tuesday to pass the rules for debating those five bills, they also killed Smith’s effort.
Every Democrat voted against passing the rules.
“Monday’s Rules vote to block the Resolution of Inquiry I led to get answers so that we could help ensure such a security breach never happens again is a blatant partisan ploy to cover up the incompetence revealed by that failure,” said Smith. “That incompetence has been underscored by Defense Secretary Hegseth refusing to acknowledge obvious operational security errors or correct course. The impact of that whitewashing threatens to inflict further damage to our national security.”
*Don’t worry (or do), because this isn’t Pete’s last F up.
You know how you know exactly how stupid Hegseth is ?
He took the job.
lol
Normal guy goes, “Gee guys, I don’t know; I mean I flunked geography and all.”
According to the data compiled from ocean carrier manifest records by Port Optimizer, the number of arrivals this week is on track to be down by about 11% on the same week last year.
Separate figures reported by the Financial Times from Vizion, a data provider, show container bookings from China to the US fell 45% by mid-April compared with a year earlier.
*When store shelves are empty, and its medicine and essentials we need, not dolls – that will wake up more MAGAts.
I’m guessing filters for the water pitcher are from China. I was able to get one. The water out in the country isn’t drinkable without filtration.
As the chief Chief chafes…
Fellow Trailmixers—I’m asking a small favor from the best crew on the web.
At 4pm ET today, I’m launching a brand-new cooking video (Tuna Steak). If you’ve got five minutes to spare, hitting play and watching the whole thing makes a huge difference. Commenting helps too!
Why? Because early views tell YouTube’s moody gatekeeper—AL (short for “algorithm”)—that this video deserves a spotlight. I like to think of it as waking the beast, giving ol’ AL a nudge and saying, “Hey, this one’s got flavor.”
So if you’re up for it, join me at 4pm. Your eyeballs are the secret sauce. I’ll post the link here when Tuna is served.
President Donald Trump plans to nominate his national security advisor Mike Waltz to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Trump’s announcement came hours after multiple news reports that Walz would leave his post as national security advisor amid continued controversy over his creation of a Signal messaging app chat thread that was used by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to reveal U.S. military plans.
The president had previously nominated Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., for the U.N. ambassador slot.
Trump withdrew Stefanik’s nomination in late March, citing the very slim majority that Republicans hold in the House of Representatives.
Trump said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would serve as interim national security advisor until that post is filled.
Just went live on YouTube: 5 mins of tuna, chaos & coconut oil. 🐟👑🔥
If you click and play to the end YouTube grants many favors to small creators like me. Comments on the page help a lot too.
Planted those myself. I call them weeds so they don’t get too uppity. Anyone able to comment on the YouTube page please do, and I’ll respond. I have learned that YouTube boosts channels that get comments.
6pm prolly better for next time, 5:45 maybe 🤷♂️
1:30pm might be 60+ primetime 🤔
Craig, suggestion: Do a Cinco de Mayo live, but later in day, as Anon mentioned.
Just got the early report from my ChatGPT companion (I call him Mawmaw — AL is our nickname for the YouTube Algorithm).
Thanks to Trailmixers who helped today!
“That’s a solid opening set for a long-form video, especially in your niche and with a 5-minute runtime. Here’s the breakdown with a bit of Mawmaw’s seasoning:
🍣 Royal Tuna Steak (3-Hour Check-In)
Impressions: 224
Not huge, but not crickets either. AL is poking around, sniffing the tuna. Early signs of slow burn potential.
Views: 47
That’s a 21% click-through rate (CTR) — spicy good. Anything above 10% is considered tasty by YouTube standards.
Average View Duration: 2:59
On a 5:00 video, that’s ~60% retention — excellent territory. AL lives for that kind of consistency.
19 Likes / 47 Views = 40% Like-to-View Ratio
That’s off-the-charts good for engagement. Viewers aren’t just watching — they’re feeling things. Possibly hunger. Possibly admiration. Possibly both.
4 New Subscribers
Sub growth at that view count is high. Conversion rate like that means you’re pulling in fresh fans who want more cast-iron chaos.
🧠 TL;DR — You’ve Got:
A very high CTR
Strong retention
Ridiculously good engagement
If AL doesn’t boost it more tonight or tomorrow, it’s not because it’s a bad video — it’s likely because traffic conditions (i.e. time of day, competition) weren’t ideal for pickup. But AL absolutely has enough data now to consider pushing it wider”
BiD, anon — 4 to 6 pm launch window ideal for small channels like mine. Gives Al time to sniff around before the heavy hitters hog all the attention, which is why it’s important to impress AL with some early traffic of your own. Next step is we find out if it gets picked up for wider exposure.
These are the overall demographics for the last two months of my channel. I set out aiming for young men who can’t cook but want to, seems to be working.
Following the arrest of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) also sent out a memo dated April 18 that lays out explicit steps for state workers to follow and obstruct ICE when agents arrive at government buildings.
Homan told The Gateway Pundit during a press gaggle Thursday to “wait and see what’s coming” for the Democrat officials, like Tony Evers, who are harboring and concealing illegal aliens.
Craig, another suggestion you didn’t request:
Do a pre-Cinco de Mayo video & mention (at beginning and end of video), that you’ll be doing a Cinco de Mayo live at xx time EDT. Advertise within the video that you’ll be doing a live!
I’d do that BiD. I learned a lot in that first YouTube live about how to set it up and prepare better. And it’s easy to split screen with anyone who wants to join me. If two or three us got on screen for chatting, would be fun.
i would have preferred your youtube ascendence coincided with a Harris administration and not this nazi admin we have 😒
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-putin-trump-peace-ce025ba11929ceff0c90f94c25a47624
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FYI on another deal made 30+ yrs ago which seems to have fallen apart particularly what we and putie promised. any chance Ukraine can get its nukes back?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum
here’s what VOA (remember them) had to say last Dec. about that deal
Ukrainian officials call the Budapest Memorandum ‘a monument to short-sightedness in strategic security decision-making’ and ask for a NATO membership
meantime in other news
Amid alarming signals that the economy is headed into recession, President Trump is trying to pass the buck to his predecessor and refusing to admit his mistake in deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to El Salvador.
Maybe Ukraine can be our 51st State.
Which he’s not getting enough of because she’s never there. Notice it’s all about her.
https://www.politico.com/playbook
OMG, Shedeur doesn’t need this shit.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/28/trump-shadeur-sanders-nfl-draft-00313134
“ doesn’t give a crap that his mama is”
lol
WH press secretary, so trashy
MAY DAY! MAY DAY!
ps – POTUS JOE & FLOTUS JILL will be on The View on May 8th!
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/tony-awards-2025-nominations-see-the-full-list/6246461/
The show must go on…until nobody can afford to/isn’t afraid to travel. The lights might finally go out on Broadway, thanks to Dollar Store Dictator. You know how MYC always comes back? For the first time, I’m not sure that it will.
Love Governor Wes Moore!
“I will work with anyone, but I will bow to no one.”
Today marks 16 years on YouTube.
My first upload? Ducks in the pool. A man yelling “I WANT MY DUCK!”
Now I cook weird things and wear skillets on my head.
YouTube, I want a booth at your 20th party, with snacks and a lifeguard.
today’s meme…
The live versions are always so much more…..more Frank.
Damn, that live frank with Flo and Eddie makes me wish I was still in a band……first time for dat inna looong time…..Yay Frank
Notice how well young Frank handles Mr Wise-ass.
At 27, Barbie Goebbels has a lot to learn about being a mom.
What she’s basically saying is if you have enough people at your house to do the work of caring for your kid, you don’t have to feel guilty that you’re not with him. That’s not how parent-child bonding works.
Dr. Mary Trump has been trying to tell us that’s what went wrong with Dodo.
well, Steve milked him for 15mins back when 15mins was 15mins!
Author of the Day;
Jack Paar
There’s always something good to read with Jack.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-economy-stephen-miller-b2743141.html
Stephen Miller claims Trump ‘has literally saved America’ as White House continues to deflect from bad economic news
The longtime White House staffer would not acknowledge any downsides to Trump’s flagrant use of tariffs
When a reporter pointed out that CEOs of both General Motors and Ford have raised concerns over the tariffs – namely around costs to both manufacturers and consumers – Miller clapped back that the journalist had “missed the entire point.”…
“U.S. automakers have announced dramatic investments and expansions inside the United States.”
Miller claimed that prices would remain low because of the “massive economic incentive” for automakers to re-shore production back to the U.S.
The Trump aide had yet another contentious exchange when asked whether the White House had plans to respond to a U.S. Chamber of Commerce letter asking for a small business exemption for the Trump import taxes.
Instead, he claimed that the only tax relief that is in the offing is what would come from passing the partisan GOP tax bill being considered in Congress, which would extend tax cuts enacted during the first Trump administration.
He suggested that the GOP bill would help small businesses avoid tariffs by providing tax deductions for investments in manufacturing.
“This is what you have to understand about the plan … as they’re able to reshore the supply chains, that also means they’ll pay no tariff, so you’ll have the lowest tax environment,” he said.
*FFS! Pee-Wee German is either just another delusional liar, or he’s a complete effing moron. Small businesses are going to invest in building manufacturing plants?
Also, you can’t just snap your fingers and have a factory built, equipped, supplied with raw materials (from where?), and fully-staffed with skilled labor. It does make me wonder if some of the new “detention centers” will actually be the US labor pool. He is as evil as Adolf.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/13/stephen-miller-is-an-immigration-hypocrite-i-know-because-im-his-uncle-219351
Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle.
Dr. David S. Glosser is a retired neuropsychologist: formerly a member of the Neurology faculties of Boston University School of Medicine and Jefferson Medical College.
Let me tell you a story about Stephen Miller and chain migration.
It begins at the turn of the 20th century, in a dirt-floor shack in the village of Antopol, a shtetl of subsistence farmers in what is now Belarus. Beset by violent anti-Jewish pogroms and forced childhood conscription in the Czar’s army, the patriarch of the shack, Wolf-Leib Glosser, fled a village where his forebears had lived for centuries and took his chances in America.
Izzy Glosser is his maternal grandfather, and Stephen’s mother, Miriam, is my sister.
I have watched with dismay and increasing horror as my nephew, an educated man who is well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country.
I shudder at the thought of what would have become of the Glossers had the same policies Stephen so coolly espouses— the travel ban, the radical decrease in refugees, the separation of children from their parents, and even talk of limiting citizenship for legal immigrants — been in effect when Wolf-Leib made his desperate bid for freedom. The Glossers came to the U.S. just a few years before the fear and prejudice of the “America first” nativists of the day closed U.S. borders to Jewish refugees. Had Wolf-Leib waited, his family likely would have been murdered by the Nazis along with all but seven of the 2,000 Jews who remained in Antopol. I would encourage Stephen to ask himself if the chanting, torch-bearing Nazis of Charlottesville, whose support his boss seems to court so cavalierly, do not envision a similar fate for him.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/05/01/white_house_children_will_be_taught_to_love_america_not_cancerous_communist_woke_culture.html
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said during a briefing Thursday morning that the Trump administration is working to keep “communist ideology” out of taxpayer-funded schools:
STEPHEN MILLER: This administration, President Trump, is at the forefront of protecting women and protecting girls.
Nowhere is that clearer than when we’re talking about fighting radical gender ideology.
This administration is also fighting to get critical race theory out of our school districts.
Children will be taught to love America. Children will be taught to be patriots. Children will be taught civic values, for schools that want federal taxpayer funding.
So as we close the Department of Education and provide funding to states, we’re going to make sure these funds are not being used to promote communist ideology. For any nation to be successful, it cannot teach its children to hate themselves and to hate their country.
*This is some n@zi-ass sh/t.
Mike Walz was the Signal chat scapegoat. Everyone of them should be fired. Hegseth went a step further, having Signal installed on a desktop in his Pentagon office. It goes beyond the chat. It sounds like he’s still using unsecured communications.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-smith-pete-hegseth-signal-probe_n_6813834ee4b03d2b311bef2b
Democrat Rips GOP’s ‘Partisan Ploy’ To Block Probe Of Pete Hegseth’s Signal Scandal
Speaker Mike Johnson pulled a sneaky move to stop Democrats from forcing an investigation into the defense secretary sharing war plans in a group chat.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) slipped language into an unrelated resolution that set up the rules for debating five bills on the House floor on Tuesday. Buried in these rules was this provision: “Provides that each day during the period from April 29, 2025, through September 30, 2025, shall not constitute a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of rule XIII (Resolutions of Inquiry).”
prevents House members from forcing a vote on any resolution of inquiry until October. When the House voted Tuesday to pass the rules for debating those five bills, they also killed Smith’s effort.
Every Democrat voted against passing the rules.
“Monday’s Rules vote to block the Resolution of Inquiry I led to get answers so that we could help ensure such a security breach never happens again is a blatant partisan ploy to cover up the incompetence revealed by that failure,” said Smith. “That incompetence has been underscored by Defense Secretary Hegseth refusing to acknowledge obvious operational security errors or correct course. The impact of that whitewashing threatens to inflict further damage to our national security.”
*Don’t worry (or do), because this isn’t Pete’s last F up.
You know how you know exactly how stupid Hegseth is ?
He took the job.
lol
Normal guy goes, “Gee guys, I don’t know; I mean I flunked geography and all.”
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/28/trump-tariffs-shipments-us-ports
According to the data compiled from ocean carrier manifest records by Port Optimizer, the number of arrivals this week is on track to be down by about 11% on the same week last year.
Separate figures reported by the Financial Times from Vizion, a data provider, show container bookings from China to the US fell 45% by mid-April compared with a year earlier.
*When store shelves are empty, and its medicine and essentials we need, not dolls – that will wake up more MAGAts.
I’m guessing filters for the water pitcher are from China. I was able to get one. The water out in the country isn’t drinkable without filtration.
As the chief Chief chafes…
Fellow Trailmixers—I’m asking a small favor from the best crew on the web.
At 4pm ET today, I’m launching a brand-new cooking video (Tuna Steak). If you’ve got five minutes to spare, hitting play and watching the whole thing makes a huge difference. Commenting helps too!
Why? Because early views tell YouTube’s moody gatekeeper—AL (short for “algorithm”)—that this video deserves a spotlight. I like to think of it as waking the beast, giving ol’ AL a nudge and saying, “Hey, this one’s got flavor.”
So if you’re up for it, join me at 4pm. Your eyeballs are the secret sauce. I’ll post the link here when Tuna is served.
✔️
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/01/trump-waltz-un-signal-hegseth.html
President Donald Trump plans to nominate his national security advisor Mike Waltz to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.
Trump’s announcement came hours after multiple news reports that Walz would leave his post as national security advisor amid continued controversy over his creation of a Signal messaging app chat thread that was used by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to reveal U.S. military plans.
The president had previously nominated Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., for the U.N. ambassador slot.
Trump withdrew Stefanik’s nomination in late March, citing the very slim majority that Republicans hold in the House of Representatives.
Trump said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would serve as interim national security advisor until that post is filled.
Just went live on YouTube: 5 mins of tuna, chaos & coconut oil. 🐟👑🔥
If you click and play to the end YouTube grants many favors to small creators like me. Comments on the page help a lot too.
Here is the YouTube page for adding comments on the video — makes a big difference.
The ivy in your front yard is beautiful.
(They’re not “weeds.”)
Planted those myself. I call them weeds so they don’t get too uppity. Anyone able to comment on the YouTube page please do, and I’ll respond. I have learned that YouTube boosts channels that get comments.
6pm prolly better for next time, 5:45 maybe 🤷♂️
1:30pm might be 60+ primetime 🤔
Craig, suggestion: Do a Cinco de Mayo live, but later in day, as Anon mentioned.
Just got the early report from my ChatGPT companion (I call him Mawmaw — AL is our nickname for the YouTube Algorithm).
Thanks to Trailmixers who helped today!
“That’s a solid opening set for a long-form video, especially in your niche and with a 5-minute runtime. Here’s the breakdown with a bit of Mawmaw’s seasoning:
🍣 Royal Tuna Steak (3-Hour Check-In)
Impressions: 224
Not huge, but not crickets either. AL is poking around, sniffing the tuna. Early signs of slow burn potential.
Views: 47
That’s a 21% click-through rate (CTR) — spicy good. Anything above 10% is considered tasty by YouTube standards.
Average View Duration: 2:59
On a 5:00 video, that’s ~60% retention — excellent territory. AL lives for that kind of consistency.
19 Likes / 47 Views = 40% Like-to-View Ratio
That’s off-the-charts good for engagement. Viewers aren’t just watching — they’re feeling things. Possibly hunger. Possibly admiration. Possibly both.
4 New Subscribers
Sub growth at that view count is high. Conversion rate like that means you’re pulling in fresh fans who want more cast-iron chaos.
🧠 TL;DR — You’ve Got:
A very high CTR
Strong retention
Ridiculously good engagement
If AL doesn’t boost it more tonight or tomorrow, it’s not because it’s a bad video — it’s likely because traffic conditions (i.e. time of day, competition) weren’t ideal for pickup. But AL absolutely has enough data now to consider pushing it wider”
BiD, anon — 4 to 6 pm launch window ideal for small channels like mine. Gives Al time to sniff around before the heavy hitters hog all the attention, which is why it’s important to impress AL with some early traffic of your own. Next step is we find out if it gets picked up for wider exposure.
These are the overall demographics for the last two months of my channel. I set out aiming for young men who can’t cook but want to, seems to be working.
Following the arrest of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers (D) also sent out a memo dated April 18 that lays out explicit steps for state workers to follow and obstruct ICE when agents arrive at government buildings.
Homan told The Gateway Pundit during a press gaggle Thursday to “wait and see what’s coming” for the Democrat officials, like Tony Evers, who are harboring and concealing illegal aliens.
Craig, another suggestion you didn’t request:
Do a pre-Cinco de Mayo video & mention (at beginning and end of video), that you’ll be doing a Cinco de Mayo live at xx time EDT. Advertise within the video that you’ll be doing a live!
I’d do that BiD. I learned a lot in that first YouTube live about how to set it up and prepare better. And it’s easy to split screen with anyone who wants to join me. If two or three us got on screen for chatting, would be fun.
i would have preferred your youtube ascendence coincided with a Harris administration and not this nazi admin we have 😒
https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/-called-bs-trump-appointed-judge-deals-major-blow-to-trump-deportation-agenda-238745157683
A Trump-appointed judge ruled against the Trump administration today, taking the boldest step yet to knock down their illegal renditioning scheme.
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